Contractor shocked by lights, taken to hospital

A contractor who was shocked while working on lights in a West Side park was taken to an area hospital in critical condition Tuesday afternoon.

Christian Bove, spokesman for the San Antonio Fire Department, said the call came out about 1:25 p.m. reporting that a man in a cherry picker working on the lights in Rosedale Park had been electrocuted.

The man was not employed or contracted by CPS Energy, a spokesman said.